Dwyer's snake

Dwyer's snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Suta
Species:
S. dwyeri
Binomial name
Suta dwyeri
(Worrell, 1956)
Synonyms[2]
  • Denisonia dwyeri
    Worrell, 1956
  • Unechis dwyeri
    — Cogger, 1983
  • Suta dwyeri
    — Valentic, 1998
  • Suta spectabilis dwyeri
    — Cogger, 2000
  • Parasuta dwyeri
    — Greer, 2006
  • Parasuta spectabilis dwyeri
    — Cogger, 2014
  • Suta dwyeri
    — Maryan et al., 2020

Dwyer's snake (Suta dwyeri)[3] also known commonly as the whip snake[4] and the variable black-naped snake,[2][5] is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia, where it is found from New South Wales to South Queensland.[2][6][7] While closely related to Australian sea snakes,[7] S. dwyeri is a terrestrial reptile.[8]

  1. ^ Vanderduys E, Wilson S, Hobson R, Sanderson C (2018). "Parasuta dwyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102710963A102711010. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102710963A102711010.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c [1] "Suta dwyeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ [2] Queensland Museum
  4. ^ [3] "Balling as a defence mechanism for snakes", Journal of the Herpetological Society of Queensland, Spring 2005
  5. ^ [4] Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Common Names of Australian Reptiles
  6. ^ [5] Elapidae
  7. ^ a b [6] Snake Tracks Species List
  8. ^ [7] Elapid Land Snakes (Family Elapidae, Subfamily Elapinae): South-east Queensland